diff -r 8d876ad522f4 -r c6486bd97392 stage4/generate_c/generate_c_st.cc
--- a/stage4/generate_c/generate_c_st.cc	Fri Jul 27 15:40:44 2012 +0200
+++ b/stage4/generate_c/generate_c_st.cc	Fri Jul 27 15:43:32 2012 +0200
@@ -312,16 +312,24 @@
 // SYM_REF2(structured_variable_c, record_variable, field_selector)
 void *visit(structured_variable_c *symbol) {
   TRACE("structured_variable_c");
+  unsigned int vartype = search_varfb_instance_type->get_vartype(symbol->record_variable);
+  bool type_is_complex = search_varfb_instance_type->type_is_complex();
   switch (wanted_variablegeneration) {
     case complextype_base_vg:
     case complextype_base_assignment_vg:
       symbol->record_variable->accept(*this);
+      if (!type_is_complex) {
+    	s4o.print(".");
+    	symbol->field_selector->accept(*this);
+      }
       break;
     case complextype_suffix_vg:
     case assignment_vg:
       symbol->record_variable->accept(*this);
-      s4o.print(".");
-      symbol->field_selector->accept(*this);
+      if (type_is_complex) {
+        s4o.print(".");
+        symbol->field_selector->accept(*this);
+      }
       break;
     default:
       if (this->is_variable_prefix_null()) {